The Virtual Laughter Club - Time To Laugh!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. Today's online laughter club will take us over the rainbow in our search for Golden Giggles. Laughing as an exercise reduces stress, boosts our immune systems, regulates blood pressure, provides pain relief, burns calories and increases our productivity. Best of all, it feels great! Laughing Lady has a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT today so don't miss it! Make the decision to treat yourself to this quick pick-me-up and join in the fun!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. This exercise program was created by Dr. Madan Kataria in the 1990s and there are now more than 6000 Laughter Clubs in more than 60 countries. For one hour we will laugh, clap, chant, and celebrate life. It feels great, reduces stress and boosts your immune system. Join us!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. Today as we practice laughter yoga we will be talking about GROWING. There are many important stages in our lives and today we celebrate and acknowledge a few of those times of growth. Bring your willingness to laugh and join Laughing Lady Amy on the journey!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. Let's hit it out of the park with a baseball themed laughter yoga session. Grab your bat and let's get swinging!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. Today's laughter yoga club is all about pirates! Who knew pirates could be such playful types? Bring your willingness to laugh and join in the pirate party.

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. The new Harry Potter movie will be coming out this week and Laughing Lady is a HUGE fan. In the preparation for the release, we will be casting spells and riding our broomsticks and doing other Harry Potter themed laughter exercises. Muggles unite in laughter! Magical creatures are welcomed too! Grab your wands and your willingness to laugh and let's get giggling.

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. This exercise program was created by Dr. Madan Kataria in the 1990s and there are now more than 6000 Laughter Clubs in more than 60 countries. For one hour we will laugh, clap, chant, and celebrate life. It feels great, reduces stress and boosts your immune system. Join us!

Laughing Lady welcomes Jana Lapel as special guest for this week's online Laughter Club. As a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader, Jana will be share the gift of her laughter and lead us in some laughing exercises. Jana will tell us about her life as Christy Clown and share music from her children's CD "Trunkful of Twenty Tunes and Tales". Drawing on years of experience as a professional singer, entertainer, clown, radio & TV host, speaker, teacher, tutor, author and passionate laugher, Jana will surely fascinate us with her stories and encourage us to bring back our childlike playfulness. We will be celebrating life and laughing for the HEALTH of it. Bring the children and let's laugh! Christy Clown with Denee the Clown

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. The theme for today's club is "What's New?" We laugh as we model our new outfits, we laugh as we open new gifts, we even laugh as we give ourselves gold star stickers on our calendars. Also on today's show, learn about THE windchime story. Interested? Tune in! It's all in the name of good health and we want you to come laugh with us too!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends. The theme for today's laughter exercises will be "Camping." Without needing jokes or humor, we will laugh and play like kids at camp. Join us for some healthy fun!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady and friends in honor of TERRIFIC Teachers. Today we will celebrate teachers and all that they bring into our lives with laughter exercises inspired by them. Who was your favorite teacher? What was the best lesson you ever learned? Call in to share your thoughts and to laugh out loud. Let's giggle!

Laugh for the HEALTH of it with Laughing Lady Amy. The theme for today's session is the letter "B". We laugh like Birds, play with Bubbles, grow like Blooms, give away a Book and more! Let's laugh for no reason at all while we improve our health and spread joy. Peace "B" with you today!

Laughing Lady Amy welcomes Billy Strean to this special edition of the Virtual Laughter Club. Billy Strean, Ph.D., P.H.D. (Professional Humor Dude) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta where he is winner of the Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Dr. Strean is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, Certified Laughter Leader, Certified Somatic Coach, Certified Professional Co-active Coach, and member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. Dr. Strean's book "The HoHo DoJo: Lighten Up and Live Life Laughing" explores ways to add more lightheartedness and humor to our daily lives. For the first half of today's show, Laughing Lady Amy will interview Dr. Strean. We will then hold our Laughter Yoga session. It is bound to be an action packed giggle fest so put on your laughter hats and let's get ready to "Love Life Laughing"!

Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Miss Lafalot hosts "Four Directions Laugh Radio" on blogtalkradio.com. Often, Miss Lafalot appears as co-host at this Virtual Laughter Club and Laughing Lady Amy regularly joins Miss Lafalot at "Four Directions Laugh Radio". Today, I would like to introduce you to Miss Lafalot's style of laughter yoga so we will be re-airing Miss Lafalot's April 1, 2009 episode (45 minutes) on this show! First, Laughing Lady will introduce Miss Lafalot's show, then we will hear the re-broadcast and then we will end with some live new content. Miss Lafalot and Laughing Lady got a bit crazy on April 1st so it will be a blast to re-visit that day. (Challenge: See if you can hear the bird calls.) Let's laugh and play and celebrate life as we send happy laughter vibes in all Four Directions!

Combining deep breathing with gentle laughter exercises is what laughter yoga is all about. Laughing Lady and Miss Lafalot invite you to join in for an hour of laughing and celebrating life. Let's laugh!